ITTF World Youth Championships 2025, Cluj Napoca, 11/23-30

[Tony's Table Tennis]

No disagreement in principle, the devil is possibly in minor details.

yes, there is just no excuse possible for the atrocious standards.

 

[piligrim]

Faraji

 

[zeio]

Ito/Hayata: Are we really that weak? 😬

U19 GD F
Zong Geman/Qin Yuxuan 2-3 Griesel/Hursey (4, 5, -7, -8, -12)

Hayata/Ito vs Qin/Zong | WD QF | #WTTLondon 2025
https://youtu.be/eQeThsOkkos

 

[5545]

World U-19 #2 and top seed in U-15 by 8 000 points fails to even win a medal and loses to a 13 yo girl

...........

Very accurate reflection of her current skill level

 

[zeio]

World U-19 #2 and top seed in U-15 by 8 000 points fails to even win a medal and loses to a 13 yo girl

...........

Very accurate reflection of her current skill level

Not unlike when Muramatsu (U15 WR17/U19 WR78) lost to Lu Yu-En (U15 WR27/U19 WR106) in the U15 GT QF.

Heo Yerim's 2025 H2H against JNT players before WYC 2025 was 13W8L and against Muramatsu was 1W1L. She beat Ishida and then Muramatsu in U15 GT F of AYC 2025 to secure the title for KOR.

29th Asian Youth Championships
https://results.ittf.com/ittf-web-results/html/TTE3165/results.html#/profile/TWKORA2535

 

[Gozo Zyreruna]

OMG! OMG! OMG! Gozo is amazed!

What a come back. Superdo fighto spirito!

 

[FIXPOINT]

ITTF World Youth Championships 2025 U19 GS QF

ITTF World Youth Championships 2025 U19 BS QF

ITTF World Youth Championships 2025 U15 GS QF

ITTF World Youth Championships 2025 U15 BS QF

 

[FIXPOINT]

All times are local time.
Live streaming: https://www.youtube.com/wttglobal

Sun, 30th Nov 2025
10:00 T1 U15 GS SF Cocona MURAMATSU(JPN) - Koharu ITAGAKI(GER)
10:00 T2 U15 BS SF ZHOU Guanhong(CHN) - MA Yeongmin(KOR)
10:45 T1 U15 GS SF Divyanshi BHOWMICK(IND) - ZHU Qihui(CHN)
10:45 T2 U15 BS SF YU Haiyang(CHN) - CHEN Kai-Cheng(TPE)
11:30 T1 U19 BS SF LI Hechen(CHN) - Kazuki YOSHIYAMA(JPN)
11:30 T2 U19 GS SF Yuna OJIO(JPN) - ZONG Geman(CHN)
12:15 T1 U19 GS SF Anna HURSEY(WAL) - QIN Yuxuan(CHN)
12:15 T2 U19 BS SF WEN Ruibo(CHN) - Ryuusei KAWAKAMI(JPN)

 

[FIXPOINT]

ITTF World Youth Championships 2025 U19XD Final

ITTF World Youth Championships 2025 U19GD Final

ITTF World Youth Championships 2025 U19BD Final

ITTF World Youth Championships 2025 U15XD Final

ITTF World Youth Championships 2025 U15GD Final

ITTF World Youth Championships 2025 U15BD Final

 

[NextLevel]

All times are local time.
Live streaming: https://www.youtube.com/wttglobal

Sun, 30th Nov 2025
10:00 T1 U15 GS SF Cocona MURAMATSU(JPN) - Koharu ITAGAKI(GER)
10:00 T2 U15 BS SF ZHOU Guanhong(CHN) - MA Yeongmin(KOR)
10:45 T1 U15 GS SF Divyanshi BHOWMICK(IND) - ZHU Qihui(CHN)
10:45 T2 U15 BS SF YU Haiyang(CHN) - CHEN Kai-Cheng(TPE)
11:30 T1 U19 BS SF LI Hechen(CHN) - Kazuki YOSHIYAMA(JPN)
11:30 T2 U19 GS SF Yuna OJIO(JPN) - ZONG Geman(CHN)
12:15 T1 U19 GS SF Anna HURSEY(WAL) - QIN Yuxuan(CHN)
12:15 T2 U19 BS SF WEN Ruibo(CHN) - Ryuusei KAWAKAMI(JPN)

Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, Germany, India and Wales. Wales doing well in international TT...

 

[NextLevel]

Anyone know what Koharu Itagaki uses on backhand? Looks likes short pips of some sort?

 

[JackJohnson]

Koharu Itagaki goes through to the U15 Girls final. A really intense match facing a Japanese player in a semi final. Was Koharu born and raised in Germany or did she just recently qualify to play for Germany?

 

[zeio]

U15GS SF
Muramatsu Cocona 3-4 Itagaki Koharu (-10, 6, 13, -6, -4, 7, -7)
Itagaki's BH serve saved the day.

2010/01/27 板垣心春/ITAGAKI Koharu (Oldest daughter of 板垣孝司/Itagaki Koji who's currently a coach of TSV Bad Königshofen)

As of 6/2024, it's said she was using Impartial XB on BH.
https://yarilog.com/equipment-japan-women/

https://www.ittf.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2025_48_YOU_WS.html
U15
Girls' Singles
2025 Week #48 - November 25th
4 Itagaki Koharu 4335
17 Muramatsu Cocona 1880

ヨーロッパユース選手権は個人戦でチャンピオンが決定。U15女子シングルスはドイツ代表・板垣心春が頂点に
https://world-tt.com/blog/news/archives/282655

　U15女子シングルスではかつて青森山田で監督を務め、現在はドイツ・ブンデスリーガのケーニヒスホーフェンで指揮を執る板垣孝司監督の長女である板垣心春が優勝。板垣はU15女子団体に続いて2つ目のタイトル獲得となり、U15女子ダブルス、U15混合ダブルスでも準優勝と出場全種目で決勝へと勝ち上がる大活躍を見せた。

ドイツでのコーチ生活5年：板垣孝司
https://world-tt.com/blog/news/archives/2320

 

[zeio]

Koharu Itagaki goes through to the U15 Girls final. A really intense match facing a Japanese player in a semi final. Was Koharu born and raised in Germany or did she just recently qualify to play for Germany?

The Itagaki twins (Itagaki Kazuto is the younger brother) were born in Japan and moved to Germany along with their family at the age of 6.

2023/6/24
ドイツから板垣ファミリーのカズトとコハルの双子ちゃんとお母さんが帰国。お互いに刺激し合い、良い練習をすることができました
https://www.shands.jp/blogs/hiraoka-yoshihiro/89776
2023/6/25
カズトは、諦めない粘り強さに圧倒され卓球に取り組む姿勢を勉強させられ、コハルは、日本のトップクラスの年下選手とプレッシャーのかかる対戦を勝ち抜きヨーロッパでは味わえない試合
https://www.shands.jp/blogs/hiraoka-yoshihiro/89785
2024/2/25
ドイツに家族で移住した板垣ファミリー。次男のカズト君がドイツのU15ナショナルチームに選出されました 。やったぞ！おめでとう！
https://www.shands.jp/blogs/hiraoka-yoshihiro/93217

2024/11/24
14歳双子の挑戦ドイツでの生活！【板垣ジュニア×平岡義博監督】平岡監督がインタビュー！
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aruKUoThto

 

[zeio]

U19GS SF
Ojio Y. 1-4 Zong Geman (-5, -8, -11, 9, -10)
G5 59, 119, 6 in a row

 

[IB66]

Anna Hursey is having a good tournament!!
Girls doubles champions playing with Mia Griesel (from Germany).
Today she has a tough singles semifinal v Qin Yuxuan.

 

[joshmak10]

Could there be an all-Japan U19 MS finals?

 

[joshmak10]

Could there be an all-Japan U19 MS finals?

And that question has been answered. Kawakami vs Yoshiyama!

 

[zeio]

All-JPN final is boring...

 

[NextLevel]

Anna Hursey is having a good tournament!!
Girls doubles champions playing with Mia Griesel (from Germany).
Today she has a tough singles semifinal v Qin Yuxuan.

Mixed doubles final with Chirita (from Romania) as well.